Job Description

for Product Owner/ Product Manager:

Total Experience: 8-12Years

Location: Bangalore or Gurgaon

Job Summary:

These products support the Issuing Business growth and compliance needs with high stability and very high-volume transactions. The transformation will drive efficiency and improvements in agility, cost, innovation, and speed to market. You will be working side by side with engineering teams to prioritize the backlog, develop user stories and collaborate to deliver on loyalty initiatives. You will consult with key business partners and stakeholders to articulate outcomes and expectations, tie initiatives to key metrics, and drive consensus around Minimum Viable Product (MVP) definitions. You will work with execution teams to ensure delivery of consistently high-quality, timely feature launches.

Role and Responsibilities:

You will also be responsible for weighing initiatives against opportunity costs, feasibility, and product roadmaps. A key part of this role will be to build and foster a culture of agility and product ownership in close partnership with technology and business teams. Responsibilities: Collaborate with all stakeholders to leverage best practices and evaluate potential new opportunities and enhancements, share learnings across markets and Business Units, and enable demonstration of long-term value.

• Establish a robust product strategy using inputs from market research as well as analysis from internal stakeholders such as marketing, compliance, architecture etc.

• Deep engagement and consultation with various business teams to understand current and future needs.

• Build robust understanding of domain as well as competitive landscape.

• Build functionality that spans multiple product lines and need to understand the large strategic vision well enough to make short- and long-term trade-offs across different products.

• Move products from new ideas to proof of concept and on to full featured scalable technology solutions.

• Build and actively manage a product backlog of features and capabilities that are groomed and prioritized in close collaboration with the business teams.

• Manage work allocation of scrum teams by translating features into prioritized user stories and by tight coordination with other Product Owners

• Full participation in and support of agile practices and ceremonies to reinforce the agile transformation of the delivery team.

• Communicate and build consensus across multiple teams in creating solutions to business needs.

• 5+ years\' experience in Software Product Management with proven track record in defining winning product constructs and delivering a product roadmap.

• Team skills, including ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels within organization, internally and externally.

• Proficient knowledge of Agile and Scrum development methodologies and IT project management

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to consult with various stakeholders and drive to optimal requirements.

• Strong problem structuring and solving skills, reasoning, and implications development, combined with strong business acumen.

• Product management skills: ability to prioritize and complete tasks.

• Proficient knowledge of Change Management practices.

• Adaptability when projects/initiatives need to deviate from original plans or shift direction based upon changing needs and priorities.

• Strong experimental and product mindset to drive innovation amidst uncertainty.

• Prior/ Current BFS project experience, Card Payments and Loyalty domain experience preferred.

• Technical qualification: POPM certification

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